The widow Joyce Feazell asked me to find a tombstone noted by her late husband, John Feazell, on a propaganda pamphlet dropped by the North Koreans in Korea about 1952.

Here’s the back of the pamphlet:

Note John’s hand-written note:

Found near the fort of GI Baldy, 26 March. Is it true?

So I told Joyce I didn’t know, but I’d take the case.

The back of the pamphlet has a transcription of the tombstone pictured: Continue reading →

On 3 June 2010, Joyce Feazell asked me this question:

John, have you by chance ever seen this in your travels around the Savannah area? I found this in some of the stuff John had in his Korea scrapbook.

Here it is, yellowed and tattered:

John Feazell, who was principal at all three of Pine Grove Elementary, Hahira Middle School, and Lowndes High School when I was there (I sometimes thought he was protectively following me around), had a scrapbook of pictures and other material from his service in Korea as a Sergeant in the Army. He had showed me this item some years ago. It’s a propaganda flyer, one of many dropped by the North Koreans on Allied troops.

It reads:

A FATHER’S MEMORIAL TO SON KILLED IN KOREA

A Savannnah, Ga., father has ordered this big boulder-type memorial to his 19-year-old son who was killed in action in the fighting in Korea. It will be placed on the edge of the highway between Blomingdale and Pooler, Ga., U.S.A. THE POLITICIANS ELECTED IN 1952 ARE JUST AS READY TO SEE YOU KILLED AS THOSE ELECTED IN 1948. THIS WAR IS SENSELESS! GET TOGETHER TO STOP IT!

OK, it should be possible to find a large block of stone like that. The game’s afoot, as Sherlock Holmes would say!

-jsq